Hinged receptacle



G. F.`KLUTH. HINGED RECEPTACLE. APPLICATION FILED MAII. II. 1920.

1,355,150. Patented 001:. 12,-1920.

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GEORGE F. KLUTH, OF GUTTENBERG, IOWA.

HIN GED RECEPTACLE.

Application filed March 11, 1920. Serial No.

` To all whom t may con ccm.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. KLUTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Guttenberg, in the county of Clayton and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinged Receptacles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable Vothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to receptacles, and more specifically to an improved hinged receptacle which is exceedingly simple and comparatively inexpensive, and which is useful in connection with a table or shelf, for holding books or other articles, where it would be inconvenient or impracticable to use an ordinary drawer, as in a school or oco table, where access to the receptacle is desirable without the necessity of the user moving back from the table or desk; or, as in a narrow closet or pantry, where there is notl suiiicient room for an ordina-ry drawer to be conveniently opened.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved attachment which can be quickly and easily attached to a table of ordinary construction, and which does not weaken the table as it would necessarily be weakened by the attachment of a drawer which is slidable through one of the rails which support the table-top; but, on the other hand, adds strength and rigidity to the table, and does not affect the normal outward appearance of the table.

Other objects and advantages will be pointed out or implied in the following details of description in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating an ordinary table having my attachment applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the table and attachment.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view substantially along the line- 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view along the line 1 -4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a. transverse vertical sectional view along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a transverse vertical sectional view along the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.-

Referring to these drawings in detail in which similar reference characters corre- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 00h12, 1920. 364,996. spond with similar parts' throughout the several views, and in which an ordinary'table 1s illustrated for the purpose of showing may be applied, the invention consists inthe construction and arrangement of parts which will now be specifically described as follows:

The table comprises the ordinary top or plate including face a, side rails Each of the rails Z) and c may be considered a front rail, for in this application of the invention, the table and attachment is arranged for use in lower grade schools where two children are supposed to be seated at each side of the table and one child at each end of the table. In other words, the table faces four ways or in four directions.

An H-shaped frame (see Fig. 2) is formed of'two parallel bars or beams l and a connecting bar 2, ythe latter having its ends united with the middle portions of the parallel bars l by any appropriate means. L- shaped brackets 3 are provided at the ends of the bars 1,' and one arm ofA each bracket adjacent end of one of Y arm of this bracket being secured to ythe adjacent rail I), bolts, screws or other appropriate securing means being employed for securing these brackets to the members l and Vhen the H- shaped frame is thus attached to the rails b, its upper side is preferably tted against the downwardly facing surface a, and extends downward from this surface a distance approximately equal to the width of each rail o and c. his arrangement provides a plurality of compartments under the table-top, four in the present instance, that is, two at each end and two at each side of the table, the Side compartments being between the end compartments and each being sufficiently large to accommodate two receptacles 4. Each of these receptacles is hinged to the H-shaped frame by any appropriate hinge connection, hinges 5 being here illustrated for this purpose. Each receptacle 4 comprises a bottom 6, a front wall 7 and side walls 8, the latter being preferably higher than the front wall, and having its front end evenly curved from its top to its bottom, as illustrated at 9, to provide a clearance for permitting the receptacle to swing up and down on its hinge connection the rail b or c.

the bars l, the other without interference with TENT OFFICE.

Each receptacle may also include a rear wall y being -employed for securing this and the other members ofthe receptaclev in their respective positions relative to one another. As a simple and effective means for stopping thereceptacles intheir forwardly inclined position and for holding them in this position while books or Vother articles are placed therein and taken therefrom, a pair of chains or other flexible elements 11 is provided for each receptacle l, each chain y 'l1 being secured at l2 to one of the sides 8,

' tained thereby andrhaving its upper end connected to the table-top by means of a hook or eye 13 which Vmay have its shank screwed into the table-top. Obviously, when each receptacle i is swung up from its forwardly inclined position to its horizontal position, the chaink or flexible member 11 will collapse and will not interfere with this upward movement. :is a simple and effective means for securing each receptacle l in its horizontal or closed position, a button 1e is provided for each of these receptacles, these buttons being pivotally mounted on the lower surfaces of the rails b and c. One of these buttons is shown in its effective position at the left hand side of Fig. 3. Obviously, a springlatch could be substituted for the buttons 14, but the buttons are preferable for use in schools, being practically noiseless and Yalso being less likely to become rough usage. When the receptacle is in its forwardly inclined position, the articles con,` naturally slide toward the front of the drawer into the most convenient position for being reached, and a wide space is provided between the front wall 7 Therefore, the member 10 damaged by and the table-rail for permitting the article or articles to be removedA from and placed in the receptacle. Moreover, the front end of each receptacle is free from sharp corners or angles on which the users hands may bc injured.

Obviously the H-shaped frame is useful for attachment to tables which are much shorter than theon'e illustrated in the drawings, for instance, where the receptacles are to be employed only at the sides of the table, in which case, the bars 1 may be attached directly to the upper ends of the legs cl. Moreover, this H- haped frame is useful as an attachment to the shorter table, wh-ere two end receptacles and two Side receptacles only are desirable.` Furthermore, as previously intimated, al receptacle of this character is useful in comparatively narrow spaces such as cupboards, closets and pantries, or in cabinets, where the space is too narrow for an ordinary drawer, or where articles stored in the cupboard or other space would interfere with the pulling out of any ordinary drawer. Therefore, this -invention is not limited to the exact details of construction as illustrated and described, but changes may be made within the inventive ideas as implied and claimed.

What I claim as my invention is:

The combination with a table including a top an'd depending side and end strips, of an attachment comprising a frame having spaced bars extending between the side strips of the table in spaced relation to the end strips thereof and a cross bar extending between the spaced bars, receptacles hinged to the cross bar and spaced bars and extending toward the side and end strips of the table and having open upper ends covered by the table top when in a raised position,

means carried by the sideand end strips forreleasably holding the receptacle in a raised position, and means for limiting downward swinging movement of the receptacles and supporting the receptacles in a lowered position.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set.

my hand.

GEORGE F. KLUTH. 

